Dedication

This book is dedicated to the following people who helped shape me into the person I am and the person I will soon be:

My mother, Celia Mae Bowers Shaw Kenney, for showing me the light at the end of the dark tunnel. I miss you.

Mrs. Van Dora Washington who lost the fight to Alzheimer’s in December 2003 and who inspired me to write this novel.

To a woman who had her own special light, Freddie Faye Johnson-Hill, who lost a valiant fight with cancer in October 2006.

To Mrs. Winnie Williams, a very special lady, who passed away in March 2007.